Abstract. The chemical preparation, structure, luminescence, and electronic properties are given for a new potassium holmium cyclotetraphosphate KHoP 4 O 12 , a promising optics material for applications. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the newly synthesized compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system with space group C2/c and Z = 4. [P 4 O 12 ] 4-anionic rings and HoO 8 polyhedra display a three-dimensional (3D) framework by corner-sharing. The